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China yet a private meeting at the official residence of Chinese leader Xi Jinping afterwards a two sat side by side at the former imperial garden with President Trump expressing his appreciation. I want to thank you very much. This has been an
“incredible visit and I think a lot of a lot of wood has come up with and we've made”
some fantastic trade deals great for both countries. I'm touting business deals for American companies and farmers but details of those deals are scanned. White House also says Trump and Xi share a desire to reopen the state of Hormuz which has largely been shut down because of the Iran war. China's the largest buyer of Iranian oil during the summit. She warned that differences
over the self-governed Taiwan could bring the US and China into conflict. A federal judge in Tennessee allowing new congressional map to go into effect less than 24 hours before the candidates are finalized. Mariana Bucky out of member station WPL in Nashville reports. There are four lawsuits against Tennessee's redistricting plan which fractured Memphis's majority black voting
block. All are still continuing but a federal judge had denied a request from the state's Democratic Party to stop the maps from going into effect while these legal challenges move forward. The judge did not give a written explanation for
“the ruling. Tennessee Democrats say that this initial rejection doesn't mean”
they'll lose in the long run against a map they say will reduce black voting power. Republicans have said that they didn't take racial data into account. For NPR news, I'm Mariana Bucky Yao in Nashville. The Supreme Court's decision weakening the landmark voting rights act has led to a wave of redistricting efforts in the South and South Carolina, a special
legislative session starts Friday. In Louisiana, the state Senate has sent to the Louisiana House a new map that would eliminate a majority black congressional district, giving Republicans a chance to win an additional seat in the November midterms. The CIA director has wrapped up a visit to Havana where he talked about intelligence cooperation. This set a time when tensions between the US and
Cuba are running high MPR's eight or per all to report. In a statement, the Cuban government says the CIA director John Radcliffe flew to Havana with a delegation to meet with his counterpart at the Ministry of the Interior. As part
“of the political dialogue, the Cuban government says it demonstrated that Cuba”
poses no threat to the United States. It insists Cuba does not have any quote
foreign military or intelligence bases on its territory and it has never
supported any hostile activity against the US. The visit comes as the situation on the island to become critical. protesters took to the street across Havana Wednesday night and Cuba's energy minister says they have run out of fuel, meaning blackouts are likely to continue across the country in a problem in PR news, Mexico City. This is in PR news. The
Supreme Court has kept the status quo when it comes to the abortion medication, mythopristone. The court Thursday put a temporary hold on a lower court's restrictions while a lawsuit plays out. The Supreme Court's order allows women seeking abortions to continue obtaining mythopristone at pharmacies or through the mail without an
in-person visit to a doctor. A union representing more than 19,000 employees at the U.S. Department of Agriculture suing the Department alleging that agriculture secretary Brooke Rollins is
violating employees' first amendment rights through a campaign of
religious coercion. Used in public media's Andrew Schneider has details. The suit claims Rollins has engaged in religious coercion, religious sermonizing, and denominational preference in violation of the establishment clause of the first amendment. Rachel Lazar had Americans united for separation of church and state which represents
the plaintiffs. It's indeed profoundly an American. I want to reiterate that Trump is not Jesus. Agencies are not churches and cabinet secretaries are not government preachers. The suit says Rollins behavior reached a new level with an Easter email to employees, promoting the secretaries' particular Christian theology. A spokesperson for
the agriculture department told NPR, while we do not comment on pending litigation, we will keep the plaintiffs in our prayers during this process. For NPR News, I'm Andrew Schneider in Houston. The major stock markets in Asia mostly lower South Korean shares down
within 5% after crossing the 8,000 mark for the first time this week.
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